Gift card box for CDs, DVDs and Games

ABSTRACT

The Gift Card Box is a single unit designed to combine a ‘greetings card’ and a ‘gift box’ all-in-one. It is able to contain a gift of either a CD, DVD or Game (depending upon the Gift Card Box size) as well as acting as a greetings card. The Gift Card Box is an all-in-one unit made up entirely from a single sheet of carton board or heavyweight paper and replaces the need for a consumer to buy separate greetings card and gift wrapping material when giving either a CD, DVD or Game as a gift.

BACKGROUND

CDs, DVDs and Games are commonly purchased as gifts, they are all of auniform size and therefore a unit of packaging can be producedeconomically to contain & present the gift.

VIEW DESCRIPTIONS

FIG. 1.1—Flat plan on card showing the external outlines and internalfold marks for CDs

FIG. 1.2—Same as above but for DVDs and Games sizes. All actions beloware identical

FIG. 1.3—Showing the way the unit is folded and glued

FIG. 1.4—Bottom flaps are already folded in, top of the box about to beclosed

FIG. 1.5—Final assembled Gift Card Box (will be supplied with 3crystalline stickers

FIG. 1.6—Top flaps open ready to insert the CD, DVD or Game

FIG. 1.7—Write greeting on the internal card area

FIG. 1.8—Securely fastening the Gift Box Card closed

WRITTEN DESCRIPTION AND SUMMARY

The Gift Card Box is a unit designed to act as a ‘greetings card’ and acombined ‘gift box’

It is able to contain a gift of either a CD, DVD or Game (depending uponthe Gift Card Box size) as well acting as a greetings card.

The Gift Card Box is an all-in-one unit made up entirely from a singlesheet of carton board or heavyweight paper and replaces the need for aconsumer to buy separate greetings card and gift wrapping material whengiving either a CD, DVD or Game as a gift.

The main appearance of the design is a box with an integral folded flapat the front which acts as the card front and internal writing areainside for ‘greeting's wordings etc’.

The box has folding flaps at the top and bottom to secure the giftinside.

Construction Process

The Gift Card Box is made from a single sheet of carton board orheavyweight paper.

It will be printed, die cut and folded as per marks on FIG. 1.1 and FIG.1.2

It will then be machine glued and finished as per folds and glue pointson FIG. 1.3

The next stage is a small amount of hand assembly, where the box ispushed out and the folding flaps and secured top and bottom to form thefinished product as per FIG. 1.4

The Gift Card Box is then ready for retail sale

Product Use

The Gift Card Box will be purchased by a consumer in a ready made form,upon purchase, the consumer will open the top box flaps as per FIG. 1.5and place the gift (CD, DVD or Game) inside, then re-close the box. Theconsumer may then write a greeting in the internal flap area as per FIG.1.6. Upon finishing a written greeting, the consumer may then securelyfasten the contents of the box (top and bottom) and the front ‘card’flap with the 3 circular crystalline stickers FIG. 1.7 which will besupplied with the Gift Card Box.

The Gift Card Box is now ready to be presented as a greetings card and agift box all-in-one.

Product Innovations

Traditionally, gifts such as a CDs, DVDs or Games needed to be wrappedin gift wrap/box and a separate greetings card would need to bepurchased for the purpose of a gift.

Now with the event of the new invention the ‘Gift Card Box’ these giftscan be boxed and presented as a greetings box in an all-in-one package,thus saving the consumer money and time when purchasing and assemblingthe elements needed to give a media product as a gift. As far as i amaware no product exists to fill this void until now.

1. The Gift Card Box is a new unit designed to gift package either CDs,DVDs or Games.
 2. The Gift Card Box is a new unit designed to act as acombined ‘greetings card’ and ‘gift box’
 3. The Gift Card Box is able tocontain a gift of either a CD, DVD or Game (depending upon the Gift CardBox size) as well acting as a greetings card.
 4. The Gift Card Box is anall-in-one unit made up entirely from a single sheet of carton board orheavyweight paper and replaces the need for a consumer to buy separategreetings card and gift wrapping material when giving either a CD, DVDor Game as a gift.
 5. With the ‘Gift Card Box’ these gifts (CDs, DVDsand Games) can be packaged and presented as a greetings card/box in anall-in-one package; thus saving the consumer money and time whencompared to purchasing and assembling the older traditional elements ofa greetings card and wrapping material which are used to give a mediaproduct as a gift.
 6. The main appearance of the design is a box with anintegral folded flap at the front which acts as the card front andinternal writing area inside for ‘greeting's wordings etc’. The box hasfolding flaps at the top and bottom to secure the gift inside. 7.Traditional greetings cards and traditional folded gift boxes have beenavailable for some time now. The Gift Card Box comprises of improvementsthat combine these 2 elements in to one single unit, and is alsomanufactured in an improved way from a single sheet (i.e. without theneed to glue those 2 elements together).
 8. CD, DVD and Games boxes aresold in various folded formats. The improved element of the Gift CardBox is that it is designed as an end user product for a consumer to giftpackage any CD, DVD or game in an attractive, easy to use and costsaving form.
 9. Folded boxes have been available for some time now. TheGift Card Box is an improvement from existing folding boxes in respectthat it is a new concept for Gift Packaging. (i.e. a specific singleunit that acts as a greetings card and gift box for CDs, DVDs andGames).